Syria arms destruction progresses

THE last stockpile of Syrian chemical weapons, removed last week as part of an international disarmament plan, is being loaded on to a US Navy ship in Italy, where it is due to be destroyed in the coming weeks.

THE operation, which is taking place in the southern port of Gioia Tauro, was being overseen by officials from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), an international chemical weapons watchdog.